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Why Were Empty Storefronts Getting Your Tax Money?

Morning Wire

The Daily Wire

Daily News, News

4.926.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

At first glance, the buildings didn’t look unusual. Empty storefronts. Generic office signs. Businesses that barely seemed open. But behind many of them was a massive flow of Medicaid money — part of a growing network of home healthcare companies accused of exploiting loopholes in the system and billing taxpayers for questionable services on a staggering scale.On this introductory episode of Behind The Story, investigative reporter Luke Rosiak explains how he used government data, computer coding, and old-fashioned reporting to uncover a billion-dollar fraud scheme hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.8

You've heard the headlines out of Ohio, but the fraud story there is even bigger and

1:08.6

stranger than it looks. Today, we're excited to share with you a brand new podcast. Morning Wire presents Behind

1:15.5

the story. Join DailyWire's DC Bureau Chief Tim Rice and his guest investigative reporter Luke

1:21.2

Roziak as they go behind the scenes to reveal the questions that started at all, as well as the

1:26.3

questions that still don't have answers.

1:28.1

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley, and here's Behind the Story.

1:37.6

Hello, I'm Tim Rice. Welcome to Behind the Story. By now, you've almost certainly heard that

1:42.6

fraud is rampant in the American heartland.

1:45.8

From Minnesota's Quality Learing Center to Ohio's home health care boondoggle, fraudsters

1:51.3

are bleeding taxpayers while patting their own pockets and potentially putting Americans

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